Age just a number for JC Tue, 02 Jun 2020JC Manangquil.
When super WBA welterweight champion Sen. Manny Pacquiao says age is just a number, he refers to being 41 not as a handicap to staying competitive in the ring. When boxing manager and promoter J. C. (Jim C

Pinoy pug in Vegas return Mon, 01 Jun 2020Plania (C).
Boxing is back in Las Vegas this month after the Nevada State Athletic Commission shut down the staging of combat sports last March 14 due to the pandemic and superbantamweight Mike (Magic) Plania of Gene

ABAP sets conditions for Marcial Sat, 30 May 2020Ricky Vargas.
ABAP president Ricky Vargas has spoken with New York boxing manager Shelly Finkel in a one-hour video conference call to lay down the conditions of a possible engagement in handling Olympic middleweight q

When Manny faced Melvin Fri, 29 May 2020Melvin Magramo (L) and his son Giemel (R).
It was on Sept. 13, 1997, when Manny Pacquiao battled Melvin Magramo in a 10-round bout at the Cebu Coliseum. Pacquiao was coming off eight straight KO wins and fre

5 Pinoys in Miami Wed, 27 May 2020L-R: JC Manangquil, Reymart Gaballo and Sean Gibbons.
WBO bantamweight champion Johnriel Casimero isn’t the only Filipino fighter staying in the US during the pandemic. In Miami, there are five Filipino boxers un

‘Forever woman behind the man’ Tue, 26 May 2020
Boxing fan, election lawyer and champion of senior citizens Romy Macalintal reached out the other day to express his condolences to the Elorde family on the recent passing of Flash’s widow Mommy Laura. Romy never got to pay

Manny backs Magramo’s bid Tue, 26 May 2020Magramo.
Super WBA welterweight champion Sen. Manny Pacquiao has sent a message of support to Giemel Magramo who battles unbeaten Japanese southpaw Junto Nakatani for the vacant WBO flyweight crown at the Korakuen Hall in Tok

Marcial’s priority is Olympic quest Tue, 26 May 2020Eumir Marcial shows off his vegetable “plantation” on the rooftop of his Imus, Cavite, home.
There’s no doubt in Olympic middleweight boxing qualifier Eumir Marcial’s mind that his priority is representing the c

Home judging ill-advised Fri, 08 May 2020WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman.
The WBC is seriously considering remote or home judging as a new protocol for fights with the pandemic still not under control. Once the situation is back to normal, the idea is to bring bac